Automatic gas lighter



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UNITED STATES 1,452,983 PATENT ortica*A RAY STANTON STARKS, OF BERLIN, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONEfI-IALF TO HENRYk OLIVER HAMRE, OF BERLIN, WISCONSIN.

AUTOMATIC GAS LIGHTER.

Application led June 17, 19,22.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAY STANTON STARKS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Berlin,A in the county of Green Lake and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Gas Lighters; and I do hereby declare that the fbllowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention pertains to automatic gas lighters, and has primarily for its object to provide means for automatically controlling a gas valve, whereby the burner is lit at a predetermined time.

Afurther vobject resides in the provision of a conventional clock mechanism, having the alarm pintle operably connected to the gas valve, whereby the valve is actuated upon release of the alarm.mechanism.

A more specicfobject is to provide a device of the above character, assembled as a complete unit comprisingthe clock mechanism, gas valve and associate piping, which greatly facilitates installation of the device.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in what is herein shown and described and more particularly pointed out and defined by the appended claims, it being borne in mind that various modifications of the structural details are contemplated as within the terms of the appended claims.

In the drawings, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention,

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the same, with parts broken away to more clearly illustrate the structural details, and

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

While the present invention is applicable to various uses where it is desired to au- Serial No. 568,931.

which is expensive due 'to the consumption of gas.

The present invention is designed to overcomevthe foregoing disadvantages, and, as set forth in one of the objects, it is preferably constructed as a complete unit com-y prising a conventional clock mechanism 3, operably connected to the valve 4, positioned in the main pipe section 5, which section is connected at its upper end to the main supply pipe 6, by means of a T coupling 7. Attached to the coupling 7, is a by-pass pipe 8. The lower ends of the pipes 5 and 8y are connected to the burner supplypipe 9 and the pilot pipe 10 respectively, by means of threaded unions 11.

From the foregoing description, it is obvious that the operation of installing the invention is simplified to a minimum, in that the same is readily accomplished by simply cuttingout a portion of the burner supply and pilot pipes and connecting the invention thereto, by means of the T coupling 7 and the unions 11.

In order to secure the clock mechanism to the main pipe line section, adjacent the valve, a clamp 12 is provided which surrounds the clock 3, and is clamped thereto, by means of the bolt 13, passing thru the lateral ends 14 of the clamp, which ends are provided with openings adapted to receive the pipe section 5, in order that the clamp, which carries the clock mechanism, may be secured on the pipe 5 in proper position in relation to the valve, the ends 14 are provided with vertical ears 15, in which are threaded screws 16, adapted to engage the pipe 5 and lock the clamp thereto.

The valve 4 comprises a casing 17, having an inlet and outlet to receive the sections of the pipe 5, and a rotary valve stem 18, pro` jecting thru one side of the casing and hav-k ing secured thereto, a gear 19. The gear 19 meshes with the gear 20, secured on the alarm pintle 21. Thus it will be seen that as the alarm pintle is rotated, the same will, thru the gear connection, rotate the valve stem 18 to either close or open the valve.

Surrounding the valve gear mechanism, is a housing 22, secured to the clamp 3, and that end of the pintle 21, which projects therethru, is provided with an actuating lever 28. When the lever is in the position illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawing, valve 4 is closed, and as the alarm mechanism oi the clock is released, the lever will rotate in an anti-clockwise direction to the position shown in dotted lines Where it engages a stop 24. The valve is then opened to admit gas to the burner pipe 9.

When it is desired to cut off the supply of gas, the lever 23 is manually rotated to the position shown in Figure 1, Where it engages the stop 24. In rotating the lever in this direction, it will be readily understood that the alarm mechanism is reWound or set to automatically open the Valve when the same is released.

From the foregoing it Will be seen that a very simple, inexpensive and eflicient arrangement has been provided, which can be set to automatically actuate the valve at any predetermined time, and which can be manually operated to close the valve, Which operation again sets the clock mechanism to automatically open the valve when the alarm is released.

Attention is directed to the fact that the construction of the device also permits replacing of the clock mechanism, should the same become necessary, Without replacing the entire apparatus.

I claim:

l. A device of the class described comprising a gas supply pipe, a valve for said pipe, a clock mechanism secured to said pipe adjacent the valve, gears for operably con necting the alarm pintle of the clock mechanism to the valve, a lever secured to the alarm pintle, and a pair of stops for limiting movement of said lever in both directions.

2. A device of the class described comprising a gas supply pipe, a valve for said pipe, a clock mechanism, a clamp surrounding the clock mechanism, means for adjustably locking the clamp on the supply pipe, gears connecting the alarm pintle of the clock mechanism to the valve, a lever secured to the alarm pintle for setting the alarm mechanism and closing said valve and means for limiting the movement of said lever in both directions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Berlin, in the county of Green Lake and State of Wisconsm.

RAY STANTON STARKS. 

